Dear Members of the Mount Lilydale Mercy College community

This week I had the rare occasion to sit in a staff meeting and be a part of the teaching staff to whom a range of presenters directed their data and ideas. One of the agenda items was student mobile phones, which immediately gained my attention because I thought we had discussed the use of mobile phones at length, a new policy created and implemented.

And that is the truth of it.

What surprised me was the agenda was a vote of thanks by Deputy Principal – Pastoral Care Mr John Rodgers to the teaching staff for a thorough and committed implementation. John provided some points of clarification and some data about phone confiscation over the term thus far and I thought the data quite reasonable.

I understand that although there has been a small number of recidivist students who have undergone the confiscation process and a small number of parents who have expressed dissatisfaction at having to visit the College to pick up their child’s phone, on the whole the implementation has been well-received and embraced by all involved. There were some other data that interested me far more:

• The anecdotal data of the student who did not want to visit the quad because the conversations were now too loud
• The students running around playing chasey
• The increased activity on the basketball courts and ovals

In short there has been a change, and change for the better.

We have seen that students can survive quite well without access to technology 24/7 and once technology is no longer an option, other forms of social interaction, which I believe are much preferred, are taken up.

I remember a question about the boredom factor and that without access to technology our students would become bored. In some ways boredom can become a gift. Recently, I read an article “The Gift of Boredom” by John Spencer in Educational Leadership, December 2018

The gift of boredom

There are two kinds of boredom:

Mind-wandering: a lack of stimulus when completing tasks that require very little mental attention, like taking a shower or a long walk;
Tedious: when one is required to focus cognitively on uninteresting or meaningless tasks.

Researchers have found that both can increase creativity. Emerging from being bored, people often engage in more divergent thinking, make connections between seemingly unrelated topics and generate creative ideas. Unusual and unexpected thoughts arise. One problem in today’s world is that we’ve succeeded in reducing boredom through constant digital stimulation. It is not that people are unable to do deeply creative work, but that they don’t experience the mental rest of mind-wandering boredom that may be necessary to engage in such work.

So in some ways giving our children technology-free time allows them to be far more creative and let the imagination explore. Surely that is a gift.

The introduction of our mobile phone at school policy change has been implemented extremely well and I am grateful to all who have supported it, parents, teachers and students.

Whilst considering technology, in conversation with a senior student recently, I was surprised that they were surprised, that as a part of the employment process, I google search the name of prospective employees to ensure any posts they have made public are in keeping with the values that I would want within our community. Whilst it is true that very rarely do I find anything of concern, it is also true that in the past I have had to have conversations with young staff about posts made while they were at university or even at school.

Our young people need to understand that once they post in any online type forum, the information is no longer controlled by them and is in the public arena, and these are great conversations to continue to have with our children. An article “Rated ‘R’ Social Media” by Daphne Donaldson in Education Week, April 14, 2019 explains it as:

Think before posting

Before posting anything online, people should ask themselves the following questions:

• Do I have the right to share this?
• Is this the right thing to do?
• Am I willing to take responsibility if this post goes viral or is shared without my permission?
• Will I regret this tomorrow when I’m not angry or upset?
• Is the risk worth the reward of 15 minutes of fame or shame?
• Am I ready for the social, emotional, verbal or legal battle that may ensue?

This week I had the absolute pleasure in attending the Year 9 regional final of D grade debating where a team consisting Kahlia Dewar, Baxter Lill and Millie Barker travelled to Northcote to debate against Sacred Heart College Newtown on the negative side of a topic related to “automation at work”. It was such a delight to see the presentation and preparation of the MLMC team, that although they might not have won the debate, witnessing them made me proud to be present.

Debating is such a fantastic learning experience that provides so many opportunities for learning in a team context. Congratulations and thank you to all our debaters. Thank you too, to the parents who drive them off site to participate and to staff members Mrs Alison Schlueter and Miss Emily Whitehouse who support them.

Next Week is Mercy week, when we celebrate our Mercy Heritage, remember, pray for and celebrate all those who came before us. I am looking forward to a great Mercy Day next Friday.

This past week we learned of the passing of several community members:

Sabina Parrella, grandmother to Anthonu Centracchio (Year 11 Purple), and George Grebe, grandfather to Tea (Year 12 White) and Alec (Year 10 Blue).

Let us pray for the repose of the souls of Sabina and George. May they along with all the faithfully departed, rest in peace.

God bless

Congratulations to all students who ran in last week’s House Cross Country carnival and earned valuable house points.

The 3km course along the Warburton Trail and through the hilly school grounds tested everyone’s endurance and mental strength!

Placegetters are as follows:

Year 7 Boys

Year 7 Girls

Year 8 Boys

Year 8 Girls

Year 9 Boys

Year 9 Girls

Year 10 Boys

Year 10 Girls

Year 11 Boys

Year 11 Girls

Year 12 Boys

Year 12 Girls

Mercy Day 2019

Like Abraham and Sarah,
Like Mother Ursula Frayne and her companions, may we respond to the call of God.
Like sisters of Mercy before us, may we be a channel for the Mercy of God.
May we follow the teaching of Jesus not just in words, but in action.
May we make a journey to the heart.
Like Mother Ursula Frayne, Sister Anne Xavier Dillon and Sister Mary Joseph Sherlock, may we be willing to sail to new shores.
May we dare take the risks of discipleship.
May we be people of conscience.
May we find the living water.
May we dream for the future, to believe other ways are possible.
May we hear the sound of the deep.
God, be the deep spring inside each of us.
We ask this through Jesus our Lord,

Amen

Prayer inspired by Sr Deidre Mullan rsm

This year, Mercy day will be celebrated on Friday 13 September. Mercy Day is the anniversary of the opening of the first House of Mercy on 24 September 1827 in Dublin, Ireland.

Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, devoted her life to the poor, sick and uneducated, and today we continue her legacy of caring and compassion in the name of Mercy.

At Mount Lilydale Mercy College, we will be celebrating Mercy Day early, as 24 September falls during the school holidays. You can support our Mercy Day on Friday 13 September by allowing your son/daughter to bring some spending money. As it is a casual clothes day, students are asked to bring a gold coin donation by Wednesday 11 September and give to their Homeroom Teacher.

Times for the day are as follows:

8.50-9.05am: Homeroom
9.05am: Move to Doyle Centre
9.15-9.45am: Liturgy
10-2.40am: Activities, rides and food stalls
10.20-11.30am: Mercy Idol/House Performing Arts Show 1
12.00-1.10pm: Mercy Idol/House Performing Arts Show 2
1.50-2.40pm: Parade
2.45-3.15pm: Return to Homerooms, clean up and Homeroom, dismissal.

Please contact Ms Elizabeth Keogh, Deputy Principal Mission, should you require any further information.

Each year a group of Year 11 students volunteer to become our Yellow Ribbon Ambassadors. In this role, they develop their skills in empathy, communication and leadership, and use these skills to promote a culture across the school where students feel comfortable asking for help.

This week our Ambassadors ran workshops in the Year 9 Pastoral Care classes and sold cakes and brownies at lunchtime to raise funds for the Yellow Ribbon suicide prevention program. We are very proud of this year's group of 23 Yellow Ribbon Ambassadors and grateful for the important work that they do for the school community.

Over recent weeks our Year 7, 8 and 9 students have each taken part in workshops focusing on healthy relationships. The Year 7 Relationship Day, the Year 8 Real Talk session and the Year 9 Your Choicez session are an important component of the Religious Education program.

We make no sense as individuals

In this heading I’ve paraphrased a famous quote from the great St Augustine of Hippo in an endeavour to encapsulate a sense of what our recent trilogy of incursions for Years 7-9 students have entailed. The good Doctor of the Church sagely wrote that, at our very core, we are ‘relational beings’ and, therefore, ‘... make no sense as individuals’; incredible insight from this saint written, as it was, nearly 1600 years ago in Algeria.

Each of the incursions had its own audience and a clear and distinct purpose, however, when viewed as a continuum, they can be seen as a logical progression in challenging paradigms and building on the Mercy spirit of community.

(1) Year 7 Relationships Day
This day is foundational and timely given that it occurs midway through Term 3 for the youngest students in our collective care. It is also a wonderful opportunity for our Year 11 Catholic Schools Youth Ministry Australia students to deliver a Ministry component of their curriculum under the guidance and support of Deputy Principal, Faith, Ms Elizabeth Keogh.

Relationships Day is incredibly important for our Year 7s, especially when one acknowledges that our cohort at the level is comprised of over 260 students from approximately fifty ‘feeder’ primary schools. The day began in Centennial Hall with a double period, facilitated by Ms Elizabeth Keogh with the support of the Year 11 CSYMA class. The Year 7s eagerly participated in the reflection and discussion around ‘good and toxic relationships’ as well as games that were expertly paced and set the tone for the day’s activities.

After Recess, the Year 7s were divided into homerooms to either a) work with Year 11 CSYMA students to unpack further the notion of ‘right’ relationships or b) work with either Ms Elizabeth Keogh or Mr Paul Morgan to examine constructs of either femininity or masculinity. In this endeavour, we enjoyed wonderful support from our Year 11 CSYMA students.

Here are some reflections from 7 Red students:

'I enjoyed the first two periods of Relationship Day when we talked about true friends and toxic friends. I also liked the skipping challenge we did at pastoral care.' — Jordyn Kelly

'I enjoyed the activities provided on Relationship Day. Periods 3 and 4 were my favourite because we played fun games and activities. Even though I didn’t do well in the Homeroom challenge I did have fun.' — Oscar Nieuwesteeg

'Relationship Day was very fun and we learnt lots during the whole day. I really like the end of the day because we did games and talked about things together. I also liked how we had two Year 11 students with us for their experience too. It was all around a good day and I really enjoyed it.' —Teagan Bethune

'I mostly enjoyed Relationships Day. We played games, had discussions about relationships and so much more. My favourite part was talking about things that we were grateful for, and the skipping challenge that we did during pastoral care.' — Amy Langcake

'I enjoyed Relationships Day as there was a whole day full of activities, which we could all get involved in. Relationships Day was an interesting day as we got to learn the meaning of relationships with not only our friends and family but our relationship with God. We also got to learn about self-love and what a toxic friendship or relationship is and how we can stay away from them.' — Sarabella Mosca

(2) Year 8: Real Talk

The Year 8 incursion facilitated by the ‘Real Talk’ team, builds on the foundational work done during the Year 7 Relationships Day. As one would imagine, the day was punctuated by a great deal of personal reflection and shared discussion. There was a healthy emphasis on the dignity of the human person and acknowledgement that each of us is made in the image and likeness of God, and therefore, worthy of the highest respect.

The following topics were addressed over the course of the day:

• Being created in the image and likeness of God
• Self-worth and appreciating diversity (others and ourselves)
• Making good choices based on respect and love of self and neighbour
• The impact of the media on how we see ourselves and how we act
• The importance of our bodies, the value and meaning of sexual body language
• The beauty of healthy relationships and the biblical teaching on sex and marriage
• Fun activities and games
• Personal sharing from the presenters
• Multimedia, reflection and discussion

It is often the simplest of examples that can unlock profound truths; in the case of ‘Real Talk’, Gerard, the presenter, folded a fifty dollar note, jumped on it, rubbed it under his armpit, popped it into his mouth and asked the cohort if they still wanted it. This was met with squeals of affirmation from the audience. Gerard then reminded us all that no matter how badly we are treated, we remain the same person underneath and deserve the same amount of love and respect from our fellow human beings.

Each student was able to record their thoughts in a journal throughout the three sessions and it was enlightening to observe the care with which this was done. The final session of the day was a split-gender session, where each group was able to delve more deeply into their personal and collective constructs of what it means to be a young woman or man. This led to some important discussions around how a ‘real’ young woman or man would respond to selected scenarios on a scale of ‘weak to strong’ responses; this activity drove some very interesting observations around what underpins our choices in life.

(3) Year 9: Your Choicez

In contrast with the Year 7 and 8 experiences, the Year 9 incursion with ‘YourChoicez’ was a day where female and male students workshopped with David or Katie Kobler from Your Choicez, in completely separate locations. It followed on from the tremendous days experienced in the students' first two years at Mount Lilydale Mercy College.

The day was quite intentionally intense with students being challenged to examine a range of notions around the choices that they are called to make every day of their teenage lives and beyond. In terms of observations of student/s reactions, many of the issues and scenarios that the ‘YourChoicez’ presenters brought forward are ones which those in our care are facing with increasing regularity.

The young ladies looked at:

• How to deal with the pressures that come from living in a hyper-sexualised society and finding a strong sense of personal value and worth, despite the pressure
• Defining and understanding true love. What does a truly loving relationship really look like?
• Relationships and sexual decision making from a Christian perspective (i.e. developing relationship skills and the importance of marriage)
• Keys to developing healthy relationship skills
• Gaining an understanding of the value and dignity of the human person
• The pressures that girls can face on a day-to-day basis and how to deal with them
• The impact of media and marketing
• How to deal with the pressure of sexting
  
  

The young men looked at:

• What it is to be a man
• Strategies for building a positive sense of manhood
• Tools to entering manhood and leaving boyhood behind
• Developing positive and healthy relationships
• Relationships and sexual decision making from a Christian perspective (i.e. developing relationship skills and the importance of marriage)
• The science behind pornography
• Four key issues that many men are facing: identity, purpose, self-control, sex drive
• The impact of media and marketing
• The value and dignity of the human person
• Models of manhood – becoming the man you really want to be
• How to deal with the pressure of sexting
  
  

As one can see, the nature of the three days over three years, is to lay foundations within our student cohort, to build individual and collective knowledge, understanding and wisdom around issues that permeate to the very core of who they are and what type of person they aspire to be; to be the very best version of themselves, as it were.

My thanks to all involved in making each of the days so meaningful and a wonderful success. Without the generosity and unequivocal support of our dedicated teaching staff, highly-efficient administrative support and our incredible maintenance team, such days would not be possible and our community would be the poorer for it.

To quote St Augustine once more, “... we make no sense as individuals…”.

Throughout 2019 we have had a vibrant group of students coming together to explore STEM activities. Through these activities students are able to build vital practical and thinking skills that are required to take on challenges in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. This fabulous group of students has so far tackled robotics, game making, coding, electronics and various problem solving fun.

The STEM Club is open to any junior and senior student interested in challenging themselves in the area of STEM. It provides an opportunity for our junior and senior students to interact and learn from each other.

A huge thank you to our senior school STEM students for the mentorship provided to our junior members and for their passion, energy, creativity and commitment over the last three terms.

The 2019 Victorian Landcare Awards was held at Government House on Friday 30 August. Mount Lilydale Mercy College was nominated for an award in the Junior Landcare Team category. The eventual winner in this category was Newham Primary School.

MLMC's entry, the Banjo Frog Garden came about through the efforts of multiple participants. Mrs Cathy Pote and Mr Michael Hill were instrumental in the planning phase while Mr Andrew Comerford and Mr Francis O’Connor regularly offered their help with some of the more physical tasks. Mr Daniel Katzen and Mr Gerard Donovan worked on the initial project a decade ago. And of course Ms Eloise Trice (Class of 2018) led a group of enthusiastic Agriculture/ Horticulture students who worked on this project.

In 2019, Landcare celebrates 30 years as a national program involving an effective movement of skilled volunteers and has achieved great outcomes for the environment. The awards program recognises Landcare projects that focus on sustainable farming, conservation and biodiversity, community and wellbeing, indigenous land management, coast care, youth participations and leadership.

Mount Lilydale Mercy College is committed to carrying the Landcare ethic into the future.

As a part of the Global Gathering Unit, MLMC’s Senior VCAL students have been learning about refugees and the difficulties they often face in a new country.

The Unit encourages inter-cultural contact between students in the Melbourne’s eastern region and the practical component involved a number of activities with the aim of exposing them to Australian culture. Accordingly, during the past two weeks the VCAL class visited St Peter Julian Eymard (SPJ) in Mooroolbark to help promote and celebrate the diverse culture that surrounds us every day.

MLMC students worked with a range of children from Grades 1- 4 who had come from Myanmar over the past years. Some SPJ students had confronting stories and histories to share of their time in refugee camps and in their transition to a new country.

The VCAL students were able to spend time and connect with these students through a series of Australian inspired activities. Each group selected a theme to cover with their primary school charges, which included looking at and consuming local foods. Some of these were then made into animal bugs. The big hit was most certainly fairy bread with, yes you guessed it, hundreds and thousands. A very messy activity, but loads of fun.

Another MLMC group had SPJ students spell bound as they listened to stories of popular Australian children’s classics such as Possum Magic.

Craft painting was also a popular activity where the students created and painted paper Australian animals such as koalas and kangaroos using recycled newspaper. They also played games such as dead fish and tail tag that we as students loved in primary school.

Here are some reflections from MLMC students:

Although we were all nervous before arriving, each of us left pleased with how our sessions had run and that all the SPJ students had really enjoyed having us visit their school.

I feel that the students loved the craft activities, they all had a smile on their faces, and although it was quite messy, we had a great time learning and engaging with the activities.

The students were all incredibly excited during both weeks, and really enjoyed reading books with me. I was a bit scared, not wanting to make mistakes while reading upside down but they laughed and thought it was great.

We also had a second session at the primary school. During this time, we encouraged the students to participate in another range of activities we had prepared. These were different from our first session as we thought we could show more of our Australian culture. By the end of our session the students all told us how much fun they had over the two weeks. As a gift from us to them, we brought native Australian plants. With their assistance we planted them as a memento of our visit and the activities we were involved in. Overall the Senior VCAL students enjoyed their time with the primary school students and loved being able to connect with younger students through Australian inspired activities.

On Wednesday 28 August, MLMC’s VET Music students visited our partner organisation, Collarts (Australian Collage of the Arts), for a full performance session. An independent tertiary college, Collarts offers accredited Bachelor Degrees or Diplomas in the creative sector for students, including nationally-recognised VET Music qualifications.

The activities across the course of the day gave students the opportunity to gain a range of stagecraft skills which they can apply during performances. First year students had the opportunity to experience a professional studio set up and obtain feedback on developing their musical skills as a group. Second year students were able to complete their SAC performance in front of fellow students and Collarts trainers.

No doubt our students will benefit greatly from the trainers’ positive and invaluable feedback as they prepare for their final exam in October.

(1) Student Achievements

Netball

Congratulations to Blackwood Park Under 13 Netball Team, including Kate and Amy Wicks (Year 7 Gold and Year 7 Brown respectively) who won the Under 13 Premier division Premiership. Kate also received the Under 13 League Best and Fairest.

Football

Congratulations to the Healesville Under 16 Girls Football Team who won the Premiership in the Outer East Division. MLMC girls included May Flamsteed (Year 11 Orange), Amy Frazzetto (Year 11 Red) and Dominika Kaczmarek (Year 10 Silver).

Congratulations to Torey Burns (Year 8 Brown) who graced the cover of the EFL Football Record last week. Her Under 14 Team were runners up in their Grand Final after a brilliant season in which Torey played her 100th game!

Congratulations to the Croydon Under 17 Boys Football Team who won the Premiership in the EFL Division 17D. MLMC boys included Luke Phillips (Year 10 Purple) and Jacob Whitehouse (Year 10 Orange).

Karate

Congratulations to Stephen Cameron (Year 8 Red) who recently competed for Victoria at the Australian Karate National Titles in Tasmania. He won Gold in his kumite fighting, becoming the National Champion for the second time. He also won Bronze in kata.

Stephen was selected to represent Victoria in the team event for fighting, where he and his team mates won the Gold against Queensland.

If you have any student or staff achievements, please email them to dwebb@mlmc.vic.edu.au

(2) Year 9 Spring Sport

The EISM Spring season starts on September 12, so please make sure you check teams on Monday and are prepared for your game.

(3) Senior Sport

All EISM Senior Sport is now complete for 2019. Year 10 students will be participating in a House Challenge on 4, 11 and 18 September. Next term, Year 10 students will sign up to an activity for seven weeks in the Choose Your Own Adventure program.

(4) EISM Cross Country

All runners have now been notified of their selection for this team. The event will run next Wednesday 11 September at Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster. Good luck to all competitors!

(5) VNA Netball

Best wishes to our Junior Girls Team who qualified for the finals of the Victorian Schools Netball Championships next Wednesday at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.

(6) Results

Year 8 Results 27 August

Senior Results 28 August - Grand Finals

Year 8 Results 3 Sep

MLMC’s Year 7 students welcomed a visit from some of our Australian native animals during their recent incursion with Melbourne's mobile zoo, Reptile Encounters.

As a part of their Science course, students are looking at how organisms are classified, what adaptations they have gained to live in their ecosystems and what natural and man-induced challenges they are faced with in their environment.

Here are some reflections from our young scientists:

'During the reptile incursion I learnt that there are many types of species and that many animals are in great danger due to logging and loss of homes. I enjoyed this because I had the opportunity to learn about some weird and wacky animals.' — Megan Rieschieck (Year 7 Purple)

'I learnt what the animals have on their body and what classification groups they belong to.' — Oscar Knight (Year 7 Purple)

'We had the chance to meet and hold some reptiles and for some of us, face our fears. Although I'm scared of snakes, I still held one and it turned out to be pretty cool. This was a great experience for me and all of my friends!' — Lenni Roach (Year 7 Purple)

Students in ICT Innovation are learning new and innovative technologies — one of those is 3D printing.

In one class excercise recently, students were provided with a brief on designing and printing a car that is propelled by a 16g CO2 cylinder of the like you’d find in a soda syphon. The students had to use 3D modelling software to design the car within specified constraints such as maximum size and height, as well as use tools like micrometers to measure small diameters of axles and account for these in the final design.

Testing day arrived and the fastest car travelled the length of the basketball court in 1.9 seconds. That meant it travelled an average of 52 km/h! Through this highly engaging activities our students were able to experience:

Science — Newton's 3rd of Motion that underpins the car’s powertrain
Technology — investigating, defining, designing the product and evaluating the car
Engineering — constructing and modifying the car
Maths — using measurements to size the car and calculate the speed of the car

Our Instrumental Music Tutors at Mount Lilydale Mercy College are offering two free lessons of your choice in Brass, Drums, Piano, Singing, Woodwind and Violin. This offer is open to any student who is interested in getting a taste of the music world. If you have always wondered what it might be like to have an instrumental music lesson at the College, now is your chance to try before you buy! If you don’t like it, you don’t have to continue.

If you are interested in this amazing offer please contact Mrs Flint in the Music Office on sflint@mlmc.vic.edu.au. Please find attached an application form.

The Alumni Gala is the premier event of the year for the MLMC Old Collegians’ Association. It's where we celebrate the excellence of our alumni, catch up with old friends and make new ones. .

This year the Gala includes: a two course dinner catered by Essential Catering (old collegian Sean Robertson); a live band Rock Revival (old collegian Charlie Timboli); a silent auction with donations from Bared Footwear, Four Pillars Gin and Puffing Billy among others and some of the finest beers, wines and ciders that Yarra Valley has to offer including Punt Road, Napoleone and the Detour Beer Co to name just a few.

A highlight of the evening is the celebration of four MLMC alumni who will be inducted into the Mercy Honour Roll.This year's inductees are: Dympna Beard (Class of 1965), Michael McLindon (Staff member 1984 to 2010), Patrick Boucher (Class of 1993) and Rebecca Collins (Class of 1999). Please join us as we listen to their stories and celebrate their success.

DATE: Saturday 19 October 2019 at 7pm

LOCATION: Centennial Hall, MLMC 120 Anderson Street, Lilydale

BOOKINGS: https://www.trybooking.com/BDEHX

(NB: Discounted tickets are available for University and TAFE students)

If you have any queries please contact me on 03 9735 4022 or oc@mlmc.vic.edu.au

We hope you can join us on this special occassion.

On Saturday 26 October the Class of 1999 will come together once again to celebrate their 20 year reunion at MLMC Centennial Hall.

There will be tours of the College from 5.30pm as well as a photo exhibition in celebration of the 1999 College year. Finger food will be available throughout the night along with drinks at bar prices and music by DJ Josh Daly.

Ticketing will close on Friday 18 October and you can make your booking here. Lucia Tabacchiera

For further information contact Lucia Tabacchiera at the Old Collegian’s office on 03 9735 4022 or oc@mlmc.vic.edu.au
You can also contact reunion organiser Allison Penhale via email at apenhale@shyea.catholic.edu.au

We do hope you will be able to join us on this special occasion.

On Saturday 26 October the Class of 1989 will come together once again to celebrate their 30 year reunion at MLMC Centennial Hall.

There will be tours of the College from 5.30pm as well as a photo exhibition in celebration of the 1989 College year. Finger food will be available throughout the night along with drinks at bar prices and music by DJ Josh Daly.

Ticketing will close on Friday 18 October and you can make your booking here. Partners are also welcome.

For further information contact Lucia Tabacchiera at the Old Collegian’s office on 03 9735 4022 or oc@mlmc.vic.edu.au
You can also contact reunion organiser Fiona Haynes-Curtis via email at fifi.curtis@gmail.com.

We do hope you will be able to join us on this special occasion.